Grandeur Fantasia

Chapter 83.2 ~ Iris's Day

AN: "Arrogance blinds you. Pride tells you that you're better than this and to not give up". I forgot where I saw this quote, but this really keeps me motivated . Hope you guys have a good day~

"Y-Yes! *Growl*"

"Hm?"

Suddenly, a cute sounding growl came from Iris.

Leon turned towards Iris and saw her frozen with an incredibly flushed face, clutching her stomach with both hands.

She began to tremble from embarrassment and became a stuttering mess as she tried to make an excuse.

"T-T-That's! N-No, i-it's not what it seems to be! I-I'm j-just..."

Leon looked at her with a gentle smile and took her hand in his.

"Let's have lunch, Iris. There's a nice place near this shop which I'm sure you'll like. Is that fine?"

Iris looked at Leon with her teary eyes and saw nothing but kindness, gentleness and love in his eyes. Her heart skipped a beat as she unknowingly clenched Leon's hand tighter as if not wanting to ever separate from him.

With a small shy nod, Iris and Leon exited Heaven's Forge and went to have lunch.

Leon escorted Iris to the restaurant, hand in hand, causing her to forget her hunger and be immersed in trying to calm herself down from her rapidly beating heart. It was the first time they've held hands this long. No one could blame a young woman to be incredibly nervous and embarrassed when the man she loved held her hand so gently and tightly, allowing her to feel his warmth and a sense of security.

She was happy, no, elated that Leon was holding her hand like this. Although they were already lovers, this was the first lover like action they've done.

Aaahh!! Just holding his hand has made me this nervous! H-How will I be when we kiss?! KYAAAAAAA!!!

As Iris was in her fantasy and stole glances at her and Leon's intertwined fingers, Leon was watching her fidget and blushing figure.

Seeing such a beautiful woman whose looks were one of the most elegant and dignified Leon has ever seen fidgeting and blushing so cutely made him couldn't take his eyes off her. His heart was thumping rapidly and the warm sensation reached his cheeks.

And as they walk, he thought of how lucky of a guy he was to have such girl fall in love with him.

After a satisfying lunch, the two decided to walk around town. It was a long awaited date and they wanted to take this chance to know each other even more.

And Leon was able to see a side of Iris she rarely showed.

As they were walking and chatting, something caught Iris's attention. It was a crimson red long dress with a subtle rose patterns and golden embroideries.

"I think it would look beautiful on you, Iris."

"E-Eh?!"

Iris snapped out of her daze and looked at him in a fluster.

"Would you like to try it?"

"B-But I'm a knight! I was trained as one all my life and... I don't think such thing would suit me in the le-"

"You're wrong, Iris."

Leon grasp her hands tighter and looked into her eyes, causing her to blush as she stared back to his crimson eyes.

"You are beautiful Iris. You are a woman first before you are a knight. And as a man, I can say with confident, you are definitely an incredibly beautiful woman with alluring figure. Any dress will look good on you, Iris. So don't look down on yourself."

"L-Leon..."

She was raised as a knight and she also devoted herself in her training as to become a knight capable of protecting her mistress and best friend. Although she had interests in dresses, she pushed it to the side and stayed away from it, fearing it might distract her.

In addition, after going through such rigorous training to become a knight, she's slightly afraid that her body wasn't womanly to please Leon.

Her body wasn't as soft as the princess, and from her experience, men around her prefer a frail and cute girl which was the completely opposite of her. Although Aria had told her that she was beautiful, she thought of it as a mere compliment her best friend gave to her. That was one of the reason why she was afraid of confessing her love to Leon.

However, the man she love so dearly told her that she was beautiful, that her body she thought as not womanly was alluring. She could see in his eyes that there were no lies or half hearted compliment. He was seriously telling her what he truly feels in his heart.

Pure happiness and relief overflowed in her heart and her love for him grew even more, which she thought was already impossible! Words couldn't describe how happy she was when she found out that Leon consider her body to be alluring!

Right then and there, the young crimson haired knight decided. She wouldn't care about what anyone thinks anymore. As long as he, the person she so dearly love, consider her to be beautiful, others' opinions won't matter. She will work hard to become a knight for her precious mistress and become a woman suiting for the man who changed her.

"T-Thank you very much..."

Iris fidgeted as try to hide her blushing face by looking down and averting her gaze from Leon's.

"You're welcome. Then, let's go to the store and try it, okay?"

"U-Uhn!"

Iris and Leon entered the store and she tried out the crimson dress. Without even having to look, Leon knew it was going to suit her very well. Her body was incredibly proportioned with curves in all the right places. She was even only second to Freya who might as well be the most beautiful woman in both the world Leon came from and this world!

However, when Iris appeared from the fitting room, all of his expectations were completely blown off.

The crimson dress, which color matched her hair, was hugging her enticing body just right to enhance her curves. Beautiful wouldn't even be enough to describe Iris now. She was bewitching! Enough to bewitch Leon into a daze!

"H-H-How is it?"

That was the final blow. The gap between her beautiful and mature appearance to her cute and innocent nature was more than enough to make Leon's heart beat incredibly fast and his face blush.

Noticing Leon becoming speechless and blushing, Iris became even more embarrassed yet happy at the same time!

"So beautiful..."

That was the only phrase Leon said to her while in a daze. There was no need for many words for Iris to realize just how much Leon liked it. His face and eyes did all the talking!

Leon immediately paid for the dress and the two exit the store with Iris still in the dress.

They continue spending the time with each other, hand in hand, with occasional glances at each other. There were no words spoken, but what they felt towards each other were completely conveyed by the heat of their hands and the sound of their rapidly beating heart.